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Post by mitchelldisney on Dec 9, 2023 18:01:12 GMT
What I really need to know, does Jennifer sing Holding out for a Hero?
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Post by voyagerweb on Dec 9, 2023 18:16:33 GMT
we have Julian up through the audience into the top trap door, some seemingly impossible flying orbs and a lot of confetti. We have the massive twins fx croc and the one from the pit that eats Hook. And no holding out for a hero Rob Madge is on form again!
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Post by corblimey on Dec 9, 2023 19:12:09 GMT
Sat ready in my RV £20 seat ,B32 The view is awful to be honest and I would say A24 and A25 the view because of a piece of scenery meant to be like a ribbon unless you’re 7ft tall not sure you’d see anything much at all. But my view for £20 is bearable I guess and can listen along!
The running time notice board says Act 1 1hr 15 mins Interval 20 mins Act 2 55mins
And you can film the curtain call!
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Post by happysooz2 on Dec 9, 2023 19:35:29 GMT
Hmmmmn. These seats are sold as severely restricted but posters who sat in them last year didn’t seem to mind them so much. I’m not sure what most of the previous message was meant to say, about being 7ft tall and a ribbon. Hopefully you can come back at the end and tell us how much of the show you saw!
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Post by corblimey on Dec 9, 2023 21:08:29 GMT
Interval-The view isn’t great but still enjoying it. Too be simple there is a piece of scenery blocking the view ,worse in Row A25 no real view at all not just severely obstructed and a guy came and sat there and wasn’t sat down for 10 seconds and stormed off and never came back,guess got a different seat. If anyone has booked A24-25 I would contact the box office. The low numbers side does not look quite as restricted. The show is good ,the Paul O Grady tribute was emotional and Julian did another tribute to Paul by what he does at the end of act 1.
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Post by mattnyc on Dec 9, 2023 22:48:38 GMT
Amazing seat tonight in the front of the Royal Circle - I’d highly recommend it for this one. For me, that was the best Palladium Panto I’ve ever seen. Yes it’s a lot of the same gags but it mostly all felt really elevated this year and REALLY GAY. I mean, there were parts where even I was thinking “OMG there’s kids here” but that made me laugh even harder. And I’m not going to spoil it for anyone but Saunders in Act Two gives the gays EVERYTHING WE’VE EVER WANTED. I was talking to a group of guys afterwards and one summed it up right - “We can die happy, now”.
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Post by callum on Dec 9, 2023 23:25:34 GMT
Whoops - I’m getting concerned about sitting in A24/25 next week. I did buy knowing they were ‘severely restricted view’, but was perfectly happy with A1/2 last year. Are they really that bad?
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Post by longinthetooth on Dec 9, 2023 23:44:43 GMT
I've succumbed to one of the restricted seats, but on the low numbers side. Not going until the final week, though, so will await reports with trepidation.
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Post by bimse on Dec 10, 2023 9:05:57 GMT
Would never want to put anyone off but not only the £20 seats have a bad view,many around me paying 5 times as much weren’t happy either. I’ve put a temporary photo of the view from my seat B32 on Instagram! Timberladuk I checked out your photo, thanks for posting. Looks like more of a listening seat than severely restricted view.
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Post by callum on Dec 10, 2023 10:30:36 GMT
Thanks for the pic corblimey.
How much action is performed front stage (as in previous years)? And was *that* even viewable from your seat?
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Post by corblimey on Dec 10, 2023 11:30:11 GMT
Thanks for the pic corblimey. How much action is performed front stage (as in previous years)? And was *that* even viewable from your seat? There are certain things I missed totally ,ones that could see were in hysterics and I had no idea why! Also missing the entrances of Julian and Jennifer etc kind of spoiled things. I mean I didn’t expect a perfect view but think it was the worst view I’ve ever had in a theatre ,hopefully the producers may realise but guess it’s difficult when so many of these seats sold and I am sure they will get complaints from people paying £99 etc. I mean I know the design is pretty etc but they are losing about 7 ft each side of stage in how they are staging it.
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Dec 10, 2023 11:37:48 GMT
definitely sounds worse than last year {Spoiler - click to view} Can you see the big effects - crocodile, end of act 1 and the flight to Neverland?
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Dec 10, 2023 11:43:11 GMT
Last year I sat in A24 - cost £22.50 - and my partner had C3 which cost £29.50. I posted on the 2022 Jack And The Beanstalk panto thead at the time that my view was indeed very restricted whereas her seat significantly less so.
Therefore when the £20 seats were announced here I was pleased to get C3 and C4 for us but for the price I would still have accepted row A if no alternative. You do get what you pay for there but only just.
Incidentally the seats in the centre of the front row of the stalls were only recently put on sale and are currently available for most performances @ £99.50.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 10, 2023 11:47:59 GMT
Would never want to put anyone off but not only the £20 seats have a bad view,many around me paying 5 times as much weren’t happy either. I’ve put a temporary photo of the view from my seat B32 on Instagram! Timberladuk That seat shouldn’t be on sale in my opinion.
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Post by callum on Dec 10, 2023 13:47:46 GMT
definitely sounds worse than last year {Spoiler - click to view} Can you see the big effects - crocodile, end of act 1 and the flight to Neverland?
And can you see… {Spoiler - click to view} Jennifer as Edina?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 10, 2023 14:03:18 GMT
Why would anyone sit here in the front rows on the extreme sides ?! May as well just rename them ‘listening seats’
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 10, 2023 14:33:38 GMT
C3 absolutely fine for the price. You can see about a third of the stage, but this includes all the important bits at the front. Great view of everyone hovering in the wing and to see how the special effects are done too.
For the plot questions, this bears little resemblance to the traditional Peter Pan story, so the Act 1 close (the act is very long at 85 minutes) is quite different.
All good fun, packed with all the innuendo, in-jokes and fake ad-libs you’d expect. But I still don’t understand why people bring young children. The ones around me have no idea what’s going on!
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Dec 10, 2023 14:55:57 GMT
Good to know, thank you. Are there big flying sequences for the journey to Neverland, or have the Darling house scenes at the beginning been axed? (feel free to put response in spoilers)
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Post by theatrefan62 on Dec 10, 2023 15:08:30 GMT
How is Rob Madge as Tink portrayed?, I'm hoping no 'fairy' jokes?
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Post by mattnyc on Dec 10, 2023 15:11:35 GMT
How is Rob Madge as Tink portrayed?, I'm hoping no 'fairy' jokes? A lot less of them than i expected!
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 10, 2023 19:21:33 GMT
Second half was a bit shorter, so it was finished at 3:35pm (1pm start for the Sunday matinee). Rob Madge makes most of the fairy jokes himself. He also got most of the songs (including a great version of a Spamalot favourite). But it's non-stop innuendo in this one. Paul Zerdin almost had some new material as well, until he couldn't help going back to the old stuff at the end. Good to know, thank you. Are there big flying sequences for the journey to Neverland, or have the Darling house scenes at the beginning been axed? (feel free to put response in spoilers) {Spoiler - click to view} The story is all very abbreviated. Someone else may correct me, but I think everyone was already in Neverland at the start. There is a bit of flying. The bigger flight scene comes at the end of Act 1. There is a lot to cram in. I was a bit surprised the Timbuktu Tumblers were only on for about three minutes, and that included a joke with a member of the cast (ok, they were in the background earlier, but not in a way that would have been missed). They were good. From the seat I was in, I felt I missed a bit more of Act 2, but that's because there was a visual gag at the back of the stage that I couldn't really catch. There were also stagehands coming on twice to sort things, but it's one of those shows where this could well happen every single performance. Enjoyable anyway. I don't think I'd feel the need to see this particular show twice, but I can understand why people go back for multiple visits.
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Post by happysooz2 on Dec 10, 2023 21:04:31 GMT
Thanks for the detail. Which seat were you in?
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Post by Figaro on Dec 10, 2023 22:37:13 GMT
Looks like it’s sold very well this year.
Every year I’ve managed to get a couple of good stalls or royal circle seats down to about £35 within a day or two of the performance. Looks less likely this year!
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Post by mattnyc on Dec 10, 2023 23:14:17 GMT
Looks like it’s sold very well this year. Every year I’ve managed to get a couple of good stalls or royal circle seats down to about £35 within a day or two of the performance. Looks less likely this year! I was talking to a man at the box office who said it’s their best selling (or fastest selling) Panto ever.
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Post by mhumphries on Dec 10, 2023 23:47:24 GMT
Looks like it’s sold very well this year. Every year I’ve managed to get a couple of good stalls or royal circle seats down to about £35 within a day or two of the performance. Looks less likely this year! I was talking to a man at the box office who said it’s their best selling (or fastest selling) Panto ever. Stupid rich assholes, don't they know how Palladium pantos work? Producers overprice the seats, they don't sell, seats get reduced, then the working class get to stink out the venue and annoy the 1% who can actually afford the prices. I can't even abuse my position as my brothers carer and get a free ticket because the price is still too high. I also don't get the joy of ruining someone's night by making them sit close to an overweight 36 year autistic man who's ticks freak them out. The 1% have ruined my Christmas now!
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Dec 11, 2023 2:05:24 GMT
Why would anyone sit here in the front rows on the extreme sides ?! May as well just rename them ‘listening seats The £20 seats at the Palladium are honestly described as having a severely restricted view but are close to the stage, you see the majority of the show and hear everything. There are images of the view from the seats. I don't think anybody should expect more than they get for the price they pay and I disagree that they should not have been put on sale. They cost more than £20 last year and if there had been too many complaints I doubt if they wouldn't have been made available again. The £240 revenue from 12 such seats per performance wouldn't be worth the hassle When I booked C3 and C4 last week @ £20 I could have opted for seats in the centre of the front row @ £99.50 but decided the £159 difference for the two of us wasn't worth it. If the price difference had been say £39.50 instead of £79.50 per seat I would have made a different choice. Also not everyone can afford the ever increasing prices of most seats in many London theatres. Your comment is akin to asking why anyone would buy a budget product rather than middle or top of the range. We had a poster earlier this year who asserted that anybody who couldn't afford the prices of (in his view) the best seats for Newsies shouldn't go at all and he was rightly strongly criticised. My question would be the reverse " why do people pay up to £195 ( ie £780 for two adults and two children) to sit in the premium seats for a pantomime ?" Plenty do.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 11, 2023 5:03:53 GMT
I’m not commenting on what people can afford- but the choice of seats.
I’d personally rather sit in the back row of the upper circle than at the front and see a 1/3 of the show. Just my opinion though.
I’m frankly horrified at the price of the tickets. For a family show too. How can families afford £800 + to see this?!
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Post by ladidah on Dec 11, 2023 8:15:22 GMT
I have no idea how families afford it, especially with travel, lunch, programmes, ice-creams, etc.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Dec 11, 2023 9:05:37 GMT
I’m not commenting on what people can afford- but the choice of seats. I’d personally rather sit in the back row of the upper circle than at the front and see a 1/3 of the show. Just my opinion though. I’m frankly horrified at the price of the tickets. For a family show too. How can families afford £800 + to see this?! You may not be INTENDING to comment on what people can afford but your post was worded as a question and I have put forward a possible answer. Seats in the (upper) Grand Circle cost £75 for the rest of December with just a handful at a lower price. Still a lot of money for a family audience. Poor legroom there too and a long way from the stage.
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 11, 2023 12:28:44 GMT
For my £20 seat, you can see one third of the stage, but you see much more than one third of the show (especially as most of it plays out at the front of the stage). Personally, I like to be able to see faces. So I consider this good value for money (standing the back of the Stalls is a cheaper option as well).
Plus, one advantage of being at the end of the third row is being just outside the audience participation range. Hint, don't sit in the expensive seats on the front row and wear a hoodie.
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